Hilda Siefring

Flood Watch issued September 20 at 1:07PM EDT until September 21 at 8:00AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)

* WHAT...Flash flooding caused by excessive rainfall is possible.
* WHERE...Portions of Indiana, including the following counties, Dearborn, Fayette, Franklin, Ripley, Union and Wayne and Ohio, including the following counties, Adams, Auglaize, Brown, Butler, Champaign, Clark, Clermont, Clinton, Darke, Delaware, Fairfield, Fayette, Franklin, Greene, Hamilton, Hardin, Highland, Hocking, Licking, Logan, Madison, Mercer, Miami, Montgomery, Pickaway, Pike, Preble, Ross, Scioto, Shelby, Union and Warren.
* WHEN...From 7 PM EDT this evening through Monday morning.
* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - Showers and thunderstorms producing heavy rain will impact the area overnight. Rainfall totals of 1 to 3 inches are expected with locally higher amounts. The heavy rain combined with saturated ground will lead to potential flash flooding.

Flood Warning issued September 20 at 1:05PM EDT until September 21 at 8:00AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)

...Forecast flooding changed to Minor severity and increased in duration for the following rivers...
St. Marys River at Rockford.
* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.
* WHERE...St. Marys River at Rockford.
* WHEN...Until Monday morning.
* IMPACTS...At 13.0 feet, State Route 117 near Route 118 north of Rockford is water-covered and closed.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 12:40 PM EDT Sunday the stage was 13.0 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 13.0 feet this afternoon. It will then fall below flood stage just after midnight tonight. - Flood stage is 13.0 feet.

Friday, May 8th, 2009

Hilda Siefring

Hilda A. Siefring, 89, 51 E. Church St., Burkettsville, died at 5:05 p.m. May 7, 2009, at Mercer County Community Hospital in Coldwater.

She was born Feb. 23, 1920, in St. Sebastian to Joseph and Anna Keller Homan. On April 16, 1941, she married Aloys C. Siefring, who died May 6, 1982.

Surviving are five sons, Donald (Donna) Siefring, Celina, Paul (Kay) Siefring, Greenville, Jerry (Rita) Siefring and Roger (Carolyn) Siefring, all of Burkettsville, and Tom Siefring, Williamston, Mich.; four daughters, Phyllis Kunk, Kountze, Texas, Sharon (Clete) Schoenlein, Ridgeville, Ind., Jane (Mark) Fleck, St. Sebastian, and Nancy (John) Pohlman, Maria Stein; 35 grandchildren; 62 great-grandchildren and six great-great-grandchildren.

Deceased are three sons, Lester, Luke and Robert; a son-in-law, Carl Kunk; five brothers, Clem, Aloys, Tony, Joe and Val; two sisters, Katherine Prenger and Mary Fortkamp; two grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

She was a homemaker and farmer and was a member of St. Bernard Catholic Church, Burkettsville, and its ladies rosary altar sodality. She also was a member of the Knights of St. John Ladies Auxiliary, Maria Stein, and volunteered at Mercer County Community Hospital and Mercer County Council on Aging.

Funeral Mass is 10:30 a.m. Monday at the church, the Rev. Tony Fortman officiating. Burial is at church cemetery.

Calling is 2-8 p.m. Sunday and 9-10 a.m. Monday at Hogenkamp Funeral Home, St. Henry.

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